How to Find an RV Slide Out Seal for Older Models
Dave SolbergDescription
If you’ve recently bought a used RV or own an older model that was produced by a manufacturer no longer in operation, it can be difficult to find replacement parts that fit your vehicle. A Club member emailed us recently to ask where they could purchase an RV slide out seal for their 2004 model. The manufacturer went out of business, which meant they were unable to go to the source to solve their problem. So the question is where does one look?
In this lesson, Dave Solberg teaches you where to search for parts that suit your specific RV. Focusing on the RV slide out seal, or gasket, as it’s often called, Dave first walks you through the process of deciding which type of seal (type or bulb) your room requires. He explains how to do this by pulling your slide room out halfway.
Once you know the type you need, you’ll learn where you can look for said RV slide out seal, or more specifically, who you should call. If that doesn’t yield the right results, Dave recommends searching online at sites such as Get RV Parts and Trim-Lok. Give these options a try; if none work, give us a shout and we’ll see if we can help in the hunt!
One of the challenges with used RVs, and especially the older ones, is finding parts for some of those vehicles. Some of the manufacturers have gone out of business, some of the companies that made those components are no longer in business. So finding parts for those older units could be a little difficult. We had a question come in here just recently. They have a 2004 Damon Intruder and "Looking to locate gaskets for the large slide. Do you have any suggestions?" And the gaskets or the seals that are typically used in the slide rooms are still available. There's a lot of companies that are reproducing those. The first thing you have to do is you have to identify the type of seal. Now, a larger room like that, typically a lot of manufacturers will use a two-sided bulb seal with a flap or a squeegee. And this pretty much just goes right over the framework of the actual sidewall of the motor home or the travel trailer and goes all the way around the perimeter and the flap will squeegee and wipe the room off. It also allows, when the room goes about halfway, it will seal rather than having a gap, you know. Now the other type is where they just use a bulb seal on one side of the room and a bulb seal on the other side of the room. So bring your room out about halfway, take a look at the type of seal you've got. Usually it's going to be a rubber membrane seal. It'll either stick on or it'll be, if it does go over the framework, it'll literally be squeezed on there. And there are several companies, typically, if you just contact the dealership that carries the Damon product, you can get it. But otherwise there are a couple companies on the internet, just visit their website at these locations here and you will be able to match up the proper seal with what they offer today.
Graphic in the video at 1:52 has a typo. "trimlock.com" (with a 'c') is an insecure, unregistered domain name. The correct domain is trimlok.com (no 'c' in lock).
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I have a 2009 viewfinder 22ft and need to replace the seal on the slide out, the outside rubber seal is leaking what do i need to do to stop it?
Great website by the way. On one of my slideouts the internal wood molding around the slideout has gone soft and moldy around the base and 4 inches up the vertical. Any tips where to get the moulding and to replace? Thanks.
I have 02 Terry trying to find out what seals it needs for the top.
"Steel Rubber" manufactures every kind of rubber seal on the market. If they don't have it, which I dought< they will make it. https://www.steelerubber.com/
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